22 March 2018 07:57 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A significant valley-blocking landslide has occurred near to Wairoa in New Zealand. The Mangapoike River is blocked and a lake estimated to be 50 m deep has formed
Tags: featured, landslide report, New Zealand, planet, valley blocking landslide
22 February 2018 06:51 in landslide video by Dave Petley
Ex Cyclone Gita has triggered a spectacular “river of rock” debris on the Rakaia River in New Zealand. This was captured on an amazing video by local farmer Donna Field
Tags: debris flow, featured, granular flow, landslide video, New Zealand
3 November 2017 11:25 in mitigation by Dave Petley
A new report analyses options for managing the hazards in Franz Josef in New Zealand. It concludes that: “Do nothing is not an option”
Tags: earthquake, featured, hazard assessment, New Zealand, risk
11 July 2017 07:23 in landslide video by Dave Petley
Ngauranga Gorge: a small but dramatic landslide caught on video causes traffic chaos on State Highway 1 in Wellington, New Zealand
Tags: featured, highway, landslide video, New Zealand, road
8 June 2017 07:47 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
The 27 cubic kilometre Green Lake landslide in Fjordland, southern New Zealand – one of the largest known landslides on the surface of the Earth
Tags: featured, landslide report, New Zealand, rock avalanche
22 April 2017 03:39 in Photo gallery by Dave Petley
Today I was honoured to attend, In Wellington, the first of the over 600 March for Science events that are occurring all over the world.
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13 December 2016 19:24 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
GNS Science have just released a report detailing an inventory of landslides triggered by the 1929 Murchison Earthquake in New Zealand
Tags: earthquake, featured, landslide dataset, New Zealand
17 November 2016 08:48 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
A very large valley blocking landslide has occurred on the Hapuku River in New Zealand following the Kaikoura earthquake, creating a 150 m high dam
Tags: earthquake, featured, Kaikoura, landslide dam, New Zealand, valley blocking landslide
14 November 2016 07:21 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
Images are just starting to emerge of multiple large landslides triggered by the Kaikoura earthquake in New Zealand yesterday.
Tags: earthquake, featured, landslide images, New Zealand, valley blocking landslide
28 June 2016 07:05 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
The New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering have produced a very nice reconnaissance report on the impacts of the Kumamto Earthquake in Japan with a very nice interpretation of some of the landslides triggered by this important event.
Tags: earthquake, East Asia, featured, japan, Kumamoto
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